Lukas Pöstlberger

Lukas Pöstlberger
Lukas Pöstlberger in 2016
Personal information
Full name Lukas Pöstlberger
Nickname Pösti
Born (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992
Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team Bora–Hansgrohe
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2015 Bora–Argon 18 (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2011–2013 RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels
2014–2015 Tirol Cycling Team
2016– Bora–Argon 18
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2017)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championship
(2012, 2018)

Lukas Pöstlberger (born 10 January 1992) is an Austrian cyclist, currently riding for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[1] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2012.[2]

Born in Vöcklabruck, Pöstlberger was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia[3] and won the opening stage,[4] becoming the first Austrian rider to win a stage of the Giro[5] and the first Austrian to lead the race.[6] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[7]

Career achievements

Major results

2011
1st Stage 1 Cycling Tour of Sibiu
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2012
National Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
2013
1st GP Kranj
5th Overall Tour of Al Zubarah
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Cycling Tour of Sibiu
1st Young rider classification
9th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
9th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
2014
1st Tour Bohemia
2015
1st Overall An Post Rás
1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria
1st Mountains classification Oberösterreichrundfahrt
2nd Belgrade Banjaluka
3rd Trofeo Edil C
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Prologue
2016
1st Stage 4 Oberösterreichrundfahrt
10th Druivenkoers Overijse
2017
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1
Held & after Stage 1
Held after Stages 1–2
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th E3 Harelbeke
2018
1st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 114 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 132
A red jersey Vuelta a España — DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Lukas Pöstlberger Profile". ProCylingStats. 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Giro d'Italia 2017: Lukas Postlberger wins first stage on debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ↑ MacLeary, John (5 May 2017). "Giro d'Italia: Lukas Postlberger causes huge upset on stage one to take maglia rosa on grand tour debut". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 6 May 2017. Not only was this the biggest win of Pöstlberger's career, but also the first ever stage win at the Giro d'Italia for an Austrian rider.
  6. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (5 May 2017). "Destiny steps in to give Postlberger his moment of Giro d'Italia glory". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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